³⁴ A ^(A)new commandment I give to you, ^(B)that you love one another, ^(C)even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ^35 (D)By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Be Imitators of God

5 ^(A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; ² and ^(B)walk in love, just as Christ also ^(C)loved ^[a]you and ^(D)gave Himself up for us, an ^(E)offering and a sacrifice to God ^[b]as a ^(F)fragrant aroma.

^20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and ^(B)hates his brother, he is a ^(C)liar; for ^(D)the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, ^(E)cannot love God whom he has not seen. ²¹ And ^(F)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God ^(G)should love his brother also.